Major Carlton Declines Run for Legislature in Georgia
Major Carlton replies to a February petition from Clarke and Georgia Factory district voters, thanking supporters for their confidence and announcing he will not seek re election. He notes younger candidates deserve chance and expresses gratitude for the past trust and friendship shown by residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Carton
Georgia
Clarke County
H. H. Carlton
G. M
Iaid County
Chas. F. Smith
N.L. Young
Richard Ford
N. Strickland
M.Y. Roberts
K. Allen
B. O. Roberts
D. M. Wood
L. Watson
Reuben Spence
James G. Paine
W. H. Towns
James Ford
J. W. Thompson
John Q. Ford
Luther Strickland
G. Connell
Barber
F. B. Grow
J. L. Powell
J. E. Thompson
J J. Connell
D. W. Hoff
F. C. Hall
Jus. H. Towns
B.D. Roberts
W. H. Bates
T. J. Hackett
G. W. Gann
O. K. Roberts
E. L. Rives
M. Price
W. A. Tarpley
O. A. Damron
G. D. Damron
V. V. Sauls
O. A. Carter
J. W.B Shadden
J. W. Allen
J. BR. Rives
Oscar Anglin
Fred Kittle
R L. Hill
A. Hill
W. A. Connell
J.B. Newsome
J. G. Gordon
N. A. Fowler
J. M. Poss
K. Hill
G. M. Sauls
J. W. Watson
R. T. Yarbrough
A. O. Flanagan
P. Flanagan
G. W. Strickland
Sam Strickland
Major Carlton
Athens
Messrs
Char. F. Smith
M. V. Roberts
Jes
G. Paine
Jas. Ford
N. L. Young
Jas. H. Towns
General Assembly
Peculiar Dream Leads to Missing Watch Mystery
Dr. Lidstone, a preacher and jeweler, claimed a dream guided him to recover a watch from Miss Jessie Barch. The case centers on John Vickers who had bought the watch but allegedly never paid. Vickers, Mrs. Barch, and Dr. Dillard dispute payment while Lidstone argues the watch was unpaid.
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8. K. Lidstone
John Vickers
Lidstone
Vickers
Conran Haeine
Dr. Lidstone
Oak Street
J. L. Burch
Here
Mr. Barch
Barh
Dr. Dillard
Dillard
Moy
Miss Burch
Mrs. Burch
Mrs. Barch
Comte de Brienne
M. le Comte
Cornhill Magazine
Carlton Affirms High Regard for His People
A concluding note from H. H. Carlton expresses intent to deserve and retain the confidence, friendship, and esteem of his people, signing as their true friend with high respect and appreciation.
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H. H. Carlton
Sorrows of Sterility and Lydia Pinkham’s Compound Claims
An old advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a solution to barrenness and reproductive ailments. It quotes testimonials from Mrs. Ep. Wontorp of Iowa and Mrs. Frora Cooper of South Dakota praising improved health, pregnancy outcomes, and multiple healthy children after using the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ep. Wontorp
Lone Tree
Iowa
Deak
Frora Cooper
Doyle, S. Dak
Death of General Joubert signals Boer setback in war
Pretoria report says General Joubert died after a long illness from a stomach complaint, never recovered from wounds at Ladysmith last October. He led the Boer army for years and his loss weakens Boer forces, with Oronje (Oranje) possibly exiled to St Helena. Also included are two abrupt notices unrelated to the main item: a business oath in Ohio and Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement.
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New Hampshire
Lidstone
Hoe
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Pretoria
Joubert
Ladysmith
Transvaal
Kroger
Orooje
State of Ohio
City of Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Citywide crime ordinance warns visitors and residents
Officials emphasize the gravity of the crime and state the law will apply to both visitors and residents. all are urged to keep the ordinance in mind.
Price in Blood
The London weekly casualty list shows British losses rising beyond Wyndham’s 3,000 estimate. Up to Saturday 2,180 killed, 9,807 wounded, 3,515 missing or prisoners, plus 1,200 deaths from disease, totaling 16,652. General MacDonald reports the Highland Brigade reduced to 24 officers and 1,600 fit for duty out of 3% officers and 3,000 men.
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London
MacDonald
Paardeburg
Highland Brigade
Death of Rev. William Center in Athens at 85
Athens mourns Rev. William Center an eighty five year old respected citizen who died yesterday afternoon at his son A M Center’s home on Oconee Street. The funeral will be held there tomorrow at 10 o clock with friends invited. Center formerly served as alderman of First Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Center
Eged
Athens
Mr. A. M. Center
Ocohee Street
A. M. Center
Oconee Street
Chicago Wonders At Trains And Tribunes Of Its Time
Chicago Tribune anecdote describes a British visitor and his Oxford secretary dining with locals, noting contrasts of American Indians hair and English impressions. It then shifts to Chinese dress, detailing elk skin coats valued at $100 to $250, durability, and customs of passing garments down through generations, as observed by the Omaha World Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Oxford University
London
New York
Nelson
Chicago Tribune
John Chinaman
China
Omaha Worldf Herald
Watch Stopped by Ear Ball in Jewelry Store Tale
A Philadelphia Record item reports a fashionably mustached man with ear hair buys a top timepiece. The watch stalls when the ear ball presses into the mechanism, revealing the odd cause and ending the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esau
Chestnut Street
Sgain
Philadelphia Record
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carlton
Queer Vision
Joseph
de Lidstone
Cronje
Jackson
Republic
Oronje
St. Helena
Frank J. Cheney
Thia
A.D
A. W. Gleason
Israut Notary Public
Cheney & CO
Macon
Central City
Murou
Damoar
Sims Woodhead
Society For the Study of
England
London Hospital
Jobo
Detroit Free Press
Critical Times
J. M. Riggs
Carterville, Mo
Josie
Williame
Carterville
Mas
J. M. Rigas
William Wotcott
Dr. Williams
Dr. W. Medicine Company
Schenectady
Chichester's
Regia
Taran
E. C. DeWitt
Aco
Hr, Palmer & Sona
AL. Hajos
Clayton St
Geo, Williamson’s
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